Maru grew up with a carpenter and a scientist for parents, Maru acquired a passion for creating gadgets at a young age. When she isn’t in her room, fiddling with tools and machinery, she sometimes does odd jobs at the local clinic. Friendly, outgoing, and ambitious, Maru would be quite a lucky match for a lowly newcomer such as yourself… Can you win her heart, or will she slip through your fingers and disappear from your life forever?[1]

Heart Events

Two Hearts

(Known times:Saturday after 9PM, Sunday sometimes after 1PM, Wednesday after 10AM, Friday after 12PM, Monday before 12PM, other days/times are unknown)

As you walk into their house, you find Maru and Demetrius in their lab. Maru asks you to watch a beaker as she has to go do something. While you're watching the beaker, Demetrius starts talking to you about his special little girl Maru. Demetrius states that he doesn't want anything getting in the way of Maru's future "If you know what I mean." When Maru returns, Demetrius tells Maru that he was telling you about the tests.

"Right, (character name)?"

"(Say nothing)" +10 friendship points. Both Demetrius and Maru go back to their work.

"Actually, your dad was being weird." -100 friendship points. Maru will ask Demetrius what (character name) is talking about. Demetrius will tell the truth and apologize for his behaviour.

Maru will be working on samples (which she seems to hate doing) As you walk in you surprise her and she drops her vial.. she asks what she should do:

"Just scoop it off the floor, he won't know the difference." -50 friendship points. She will argue that of course Harvey will be able to tell the difference. Harvey comes in after hearing the breaking glass, and Maru tells him it was an accident. He is thankful for her telling the truth, since she is a big help around the clinic. It ends with Harvey asking if the player is ok, since they're looking a little pale

"Tell Harvey it's my fault." -20 friendship points. She agrees and tells Harvey once he comes in from hearing glass break he is disappointed she blamed someone else and it ends Harvey saying it'll put them back in red for a month.

"Tell Harvey it was an accident." +50 friendship points. She agrees and tells Harvey once he comes in from hearing glass break he is thankful for her telling the truth since she is a big help around the clinic, in the end Harvey asks if the player is ok, since they're looking a bit pale.

Maru is looking through the telescope and is surprised to see you walking past. She offers you to look through the telescope and asks what you see. You have the option to say,"A cold, dark abyss" -30 friendship points, or "A beautiful planet" +30 friendship points. She mentions that she has something to tell you but thinks about it and changes her mind and decides to show you a binary star system instead. Your character feels as if Maru showed you something special.

When you give Maru the Mermaid Pendant she accepts, and says the ceremony will be in three days ( she will sort out everything). Immediately after you go to sleep on the second day, a cutscene happens in which Lewis declares you married (this cutscene apparently uses up no time at all)

You appear back Home after the marriage cutscene with Maru standing on the porch,she says she watered all the crops and put water in your pet's bowl. A smaller version of her old room has been installed in your house attached to your bedroom.

Dialogue

First Meeting

“Oh! Aren’t you the one who just moved in? I’m Maru. I’ve been looking forward to meeting you!” … “You know, with a small town like this, a new face can really alter the community dynamic. It’s exciting!”

Regular

"When it rains I have a good excuse to work on my gadgets all day."

"It must be kind of boring for you, though."

"Hey, have any interesting farm stories to tell me?" "Guess not."

"I get so sleepy when it's cold..."

"My hair gets so frizzy in this dry weather. *sigh*

Questions

"I've decided I'm going to build a robot someday."

- That should be very easy for you. Response: "Really? Are you sure you're not just trying to flatter me?"

- You should be more realistic. Response: "You don't think I could do it?"

- It sounds challenging. Response: "You're right, but I love a challenge!"

Festivals

Egg Festival

"I always look forward to these gatherings...it makes the valley feel like a real community."

Luau

"Whatever Linus is roasting smells awfully good..." *slurp*

Dance of the Moonlight Jellies

"It's kind of cold, actually. I guess fall is right around the corner."

Festival of Ice

"I'm not very creative when it comes to snowmen."

Trivia

Maru's name seems to be originated from a japanese word 丸 maru (circle).